Wednesday, January 4, 2017

McDonald's enters The Vatican with an outlet near St. Peter's Square


McDonald's, the fast-food chain has gained entry into The Vatican by opening a restaurant around the corner from St. Peter's Square, on the ground floor of a Vatican-owned building. The new location offers WiFi, accommodates birthday parties and serves the "Sweety," a burger bun filled with Nutella.
McDonald's has rented the 1,765-square-foot space from the Vatican for about $31,000 a month, as understood from media reports.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 5 January 2017.
A number of cardinals live in the apartment building where the restaurant is located and, even though most of the 36000 outlets of McDonald's (about 85 percent) are franchises, the one near the Vatican is company-owned. It is located in a popular tourist area outside the Vatican. Already there are many other restaurants, bars and retail shops in the area.
Incidentally, McDonald's is not the only American company to make inroads into the Vatican. Pope Francis rides a Ford Focus, and Hard Rock Cafe, the Orlando-based chain, has recently got approval to open a nearby franchise - this would displace a religious bookstore.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

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